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On January 18, 2024, the FTC announced it was staying the effective date of its Combating Auto Retail Scams Trade Regulation Rule pending resolution of an administrative challenge filed with the U.S. Court of Appeals ...

These are the words of Europe's chief antitrust enforcer, Margrethe Vestager, introducing the Commission's public hearing on October 6, 2016...

Senior enforcement officials and the heads of enforcement authorities for the European Union and six nations that have taken the lead in pursuing international cartels and price-fixing conspiracies have committed to greater coordination and increased sanctions, criminal fines, and prison sentences to deter future international cartel and price-fixing efforts.

The food supply chain is high on the agendas of competition regulators across the European Union (EU).

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and US Department of Justice (DOJ) have been actively challenging mergers and acquisitions in the first half of 2016.

Perhaps best known worldwide for its Trappist breweries, Belgium is increasingly hospitable to business regulation.

California's COMPETE Act is advancing through the state legislature, poised to dramatically reshape antitrust enforcement by extending the Cartwright Act to cover single-firm monopolization conduct similar to federal Sherman Act claims. The bill introduces reduced evidentiary burdens and eliminates private enforcement, raising questions about how businesses operating in California's trillion-dollar economy should prepare for potential liability under this expanded regulatory framework.

On December 19, trade officials from the United States and China wrapped up a three-day trade conference in Chicago.

In short, health care providers considering mergers to meet the ACA’s goals of integration must still play by classic antitrust rules.

On October 11, 2013, the plaintiffs in the Detroit nurses litigation who have accused Detroit-area hospitals of conspiring to suppress their wages opposed VHS of Michigan, D/B/A Detroit Medical Center’s (DMC) petition to the Sixth Circuit for leave to appeal the district court’s decision granting class certification.

A recent decision by the International Trade Commission ("ITC") in Investigation No. 337-TA-1091

The Eighth Circuit has issued a significant antitrust decision addressing bundled rebates and the law surrounding exclusionary contracts.

After a year of scrutiny, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) resolved its competitive concerns over the merger of two firms that provide commercial real estate (CRE) listings and other data.

The FTC offered guidance as to the factors to consider in evaluating whether entry into a contest on a social media site is a form of material connection.

The Federal Trade Commission announced yesterday that it has made its annual adjustments to the thresholds for determining whether a transaction is reportable under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 and the amount of the related filing fee.

The Federal Trade Commission has proposed expanding Hart-Scott-Rodino reporting and waiting period obligations for certain pharmaceutical, biologics and medicine manufacturing licenses.

On July 27, the Iowa Supreme Court reversed a lower court ruling in "Mueller v. Wellmark Blue Cross".

Several minor league baseball players have filed an antitrust class action against Major League Baseball, alleging that MLB and its teams operate as a cartel to impose restrictive contracts on minor league players.